Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [adv] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He therefore directed that if J. were to suffer a life-threatening event while in the health authority 's care and the required drugs and equipment were or could reasonably be made available , the health authority should cause such measures ( including artificial ventilation ) to be applied so long as they were capable of prolonging his life . |
| 2 | By his order dated 12 May 1992 Waite J. directed that in the interim pending a further hearing in the events that ( 1 ) J. 's medical condition changed so that his life was threatened but was capable of being prolonged by intensive therapeutic measures including artificial ventilation , and ( 2 ) he was at that time in the health authority 's care and ( 3 ) the required drugs and equipment were or could reasonably be made available , the health authority were to cause such measures , including artificial ventilation , to be applied to J. for so long as they were capable of prolonging his life . |
| 3 | Area Health Authority , ( iii ) that the required drugs and equipment are or could reasonably be made available , the … |
| 4 | Although the order is subject to the condition precedent that ‘ the required drugs and equipment are or could reasonably be made available , ’ it makes no reference to the availability of staff and it has to be borne in mind that artificial ventilation of a young child in an intensive care unit is highly intensive of highly skilled staff . |
| 5 | If such an allotment would be prohibited by foreign law , or would only be permitted subject to compliance with onerous filing or other obligations , the scheme can be modified in relation to the overseas shareholders in question by providing for the consideration securities to be allotted to an independent trustee who will then sell the securities and account to the shareholders with the net proceeds . |
| 6 | Many actions of governments and societies have effects that may broadly be called demographic : they affect the lengths of people 's lives , and they affect the future size of the world 's population . |
| 7 | The specialist teacher can help to explain and deal with such problems and increase the confidence of the pupil and the understanding of the regular teacher in unusual cases of anxiety that might otherwise be deemed trivial . |
| 8 | No , there was nothing wrong with their uniforms that could n't be put right , as far as Vi was concerned . |
| 9 | It dissolved barriers , broke down prejudices and significantly increased the experience that could properly be thought appropriate in a musico-theatrical work . |
| 10 | At times I felt I was just a kind of palimpsest , or a blackboard that could always be wiped clean to make room for his own work . |
| 11 | Drawing on a Stoic concept of seeds , which he applied even to the origin of Adam and Eve , he had a sense of natural order that could hardly be considered hostile to further inquiry . |
| 12 | She found herself praying , the only thing she did consistently as a physician that could ever be called unprofessional . |
| 13 | Low wages are conjoined , in this picture , with atrociously bad houses in which money is eaten away far more voraciously than would ever be thought conceivable in suburbia . |
| 14 | If the draftsman wishes to create a lease for a period that can not be made certain at the time of the demise the only way is to express it as being granted for a fixed term subject to a power to break at the expiry of the period . |
| 15 | The task of child protection is , in a sense , the other side of the coin and one that can not be made easy for social workers , despite the sharper and hopefully more effective legal tools they will now have for the job . |
| 16 | Nor do we hear much about Russian military equipment that can not be used due to a shortage of spares . |
| 17 | Lee stated that the economy had reached a " stagnant situation that can not be left alone " . |
| 18 | Any breach of these undertakings that can not be put right will lead to a deferred inheritance tax charge based on the current market value of the item concerned . |
| 19 | In a sense , therefore , I told her , the Devil is no longer a person-in-relation that can truly be called personal at all . |
| 20 | Not only does it constitute the object of its own criticism , it also contains a number of theories of this criticism , and in a recursive move that can truly be termed deconstructive , it presents criticism of these theories and it narrativizes this criticism . |
| 21 | ( 5 ) If the partial offer could result in not less than 30 per cent but not more than 50 per cent of the voting rights being obtained , the offer must state the precise number of shares offered for and may not be declared unconditional as to acceptances unless acceptances are received for not less than that number ( Rule 36.4 ) . |
| 22 | After all , CDI can deliver video even though it is certainly not full screen and may not be considered full motion . |
| 23 | Specified users must be LIFESPAN users and must also be registered relational database users . |
| 24 | It may be an idea to check out any varieties that you fancy in a reputable book — some are hard to grow and need lots of light ; other plants are still being sold that are really bog plants and should not be grown submerged . |
| 25 | When you ask about the dangers of using peppermint oil , you may be thinking of the concentrated essential oils used in aromatherapy ( the massaging of the skin with oils or creams containing plant extracts to relieve tension ) which are very potent and should not be used undiluted . |
| 26 | Because they are so pervasive , and because their subordinate terms remain so powerfully denigrated , the erotics of active/passive should not be identified as coextensive with masculine/feminine , and should not be thought identical across the hetero/homosexual divide . |
| 27 | Presumably the justification is that D has already crossed a high moral/social threshold in choosing to commit such a serious offence , and should therefore be held liable for whatever consequences ensue , however unforeseeable they may be . |
| 28 | Prayer for strength is appropriate at any stage of our lives and might well be made daily but that does not invalidate the usefulness of marking one day in our life when someone prays over us in public and asks that out of the treasures of his glory , God may grant you strength and power through his spirit in your inner being that through faith cast may dwell in your hearts in love . |
| 29 | The remaining fighters , which were down for maintenance and could not be made airworthy in time , were wrecked when a hangar door blew down on top of them . |
| 30 | It turns out that we went far enough with [ an experimental project ] to determine that , unfortunately , it was going to be too expensive and could not be made large enough to approach the market as a whole . |